Seafood Platter

Seafood Consumption During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Pregnancy Breastfeeding
The benefits of fish and shellfish, collectively termed “seafood” as part of a balanced, healthy diet have been described. Seafood is low in saturated fat and a good source of high-quality protein and...
Black & White mom with baby

Breastfeeding and Lead Contamination

Breastfeeding
Lead is an environmental pollutant that serves no useful purpose in the body and tends to accumulate in the body's bony structures based on their exposure. Some studies show that the half-life of lead...
Marijuana Plant

Effects of Marijuana on the Fetus and Breastfeeding Infants.

Pregnancy Breastfeeding
Current studies indicate that approximately 4% of women in the USA use illicit drugs while pregnant. Seventy five percent of these cases report the use of marijuana. Despite the widespread use of this...
BF Baby

Introduction to Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics as the exclusive source of nutrition for feeding young infants for the first six months of life. Data suggest that not only are there...
Breastfeeding Baby

RED Milk. What causes your milk to turn red?

Breastfeeding
There are basically two reasons that a mother's milk is red. Sometimes a small rupture in a blood capillary in the nipple or the breast may turn milk pink. The second reason is a bacterium called Serr...
Woman kissing infant

Non-Drug Treatments for Depression

Breastfeeding
Depression during pregnancy and postpartum is fairly common, affecting anywhere from 15% to 25% of women. Antidepressants [link antidepressants] are an important part of the treatment arsenal for depr...
Pregnant migraine

Migraine Headaches

Pregnancy Breastfeeding
Migraines frequently affect women during their childbearing years. During pregnancy and breastfeeding, women need to be cautious about the medications they are using to treat their migraines. A variet...
Breastfeeding mom looking at baby

Drug entry into Human Milk

Breastfeeding
The amount of a drug that is excreted into breastmilk depends on a number of kinetic factors. Using these kinetic terms, one can frequently estimate the probability that a medications will enter will,...
Vitamin D3

Vitamin D Supplements

Breastfeeding
A recent study estimated that 1 in 5 Americans are at risk for vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in a handful of foods (e.g. fatty fish or cod liver oi...